The part of the tree trunk struck by Leo broke into pieces as if a small bomb had been detonated, revealing a hole the size of a washbasin. From the hole, you could see a milky-white object that was completely different from the surrounding wood.

, this is the heart of the ancient tree of war.

The force of Leo's fist was very precise, opening a large enough opening, and loosening the connection between the tree core and the tree, only causing very small damage to the tree core.

Seeing that the attack was successful, Leo instantly grabbed the tree heart, put it into the storage space, and then moved towards another tree containing the tree heart.

Following the same pattern, Leo took out all the tree hearts contained in the three trees in less than thirty seconds.

Taking out the heart of the tree is the first step, and the next step is to leave here smoothly.

Leo had already estimated the direction of his departure. After getting the heart of the tree, he immediately used all his strength to make a shadow leap. Without hiding his body or retaining any strength, he quickly moved in the shadow of the forest towards the edge of the nearest small garden.

Move over.

It was also the first time that Leo used the special blood witchcraft of Shadow Leap without hesitation, and the effect of this witchcraft was somewhat beyond his expectation. In only three minutes, he rushed out of the war.

In the forest of ancient trees, five minutes later he was already at the edge of another forbidden forest more than ten kilometers away from the ancient war tree forest.

Although the bloodline witchcraft of Shadow Leap is very powerful, continuous movement over long distances like this consumes a lot of shadow power. In just five minutes, less than 30% of the shadow power accumulated over many days is left.

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In order to avoid being unable to use Shadow Leap, an excellent evasive witchcraft, in the event of an accident, Leo stopped using Shadow Leap and used witchcraft commonly used for movement, such as Cat's Lightness, to make his body light and agile.

Coupled with his excellent physical fitness, he can quickly shuttle through the forest.

Five minutes had passed, and he was far away from the Ancient War Tree Forest. Leo felt that things might be safe.

And just when he relaxed a little, the violent tremors on the ground made him immediately raise his vigilance to the extreme, and then he heard bursts of roaring noises in the distance behind him, accompanied by a strong wind.

Come, and the reason for all these changes is that tens of thousands of large and small trees in the Ancient War Tree Forest shook at the same time.

All that was seen was that the root systems of these ancient war trees arched upward, making Ling stand up from the land where they took root and turned into legs to support the body, making the ancient war trees look like a tall and thin body.

A tree of giant proportions.

And these ancient war trees that stood up from the ground turned around almost at the same time. This direction happened to be the direction Leo left, and then they chased Leo at the same time like army ants. Their huge bodies made it unnecessary for them to move.

They just had to avoid the obstacles in front of them and hit them directly, so they only left a mess wherever they passed, and they also opened a passage in the small garden.

Although Leo had no way of seeing clearly what was happening in the Ancient War Tree Forest, he could tell from the sounds coming from him and the strong wind generated when the ancient trees swayed that the situation behind him was not optimistic, so he quickened his pace and used his fastest speed.

Rush forward at a fast pace.

However, compared to the shadow jump, this method of movement is obviously much slower. Leo can feel that the sounds behind him are gradually getting louder. Although the change is very slight, it has proved that the ancient war trees are gradually approaching.

Own.

Leo made a quick calculation in his mind and found that if he rushed like this, it would be difficult to leave the small garden before the ancient war tree caught up with him, so he left in his mind and implemented the second plan. He moved in a slightly different direction.

After some modifications, I moved from the safest path without encountering any danger to a path full of forbidden areas. I moved carefully through the gaps between these forbidden areas as if dancing on the tip of a knife.

This method of movement makes the speed much slower than before, but if the existence in these taboo areas is really as dangerous as recorded in the instruction map, then when those ancient war trees come over, the people in these taboo areas will

The existence should be able to help him block these rampaging ancient war trees and provide him with enough time to leave the small garden.

After making the route adjustment, Leo concentrated on his way. If he encountered danger, he would not get entangled with the attackers, but would directly use shadow jump to avoid the attack and continue on his way.

More than half an hour passed like this, and the sound coming from behind was several times louder than before. Just when the sound became louder again, the huge sound that lasted for more than half an hour suddenly disappeared, as if in that moment

The ancient war trees that made the sound no longer exist.

But then a louder and more chaotic sound came from behind Leo. These sounds included not only the loud noises made when the ancient war tree moved before, but also filled with some harsh monster roars, and were accompanied by some similar collisions.

, noises like explosions.

What made Leo feel the most was that a spiritual wave with a strength similar to that of the True Eye came from behind. It was obvious that the unknown existence in the forbidden area in that direction had power comparable to that of the false god.

Knowing that his plan had been successful, Leo did not stop and look back to check the situation, but continued to move forward.

Because of the obstruction of unknown dangers in the forbidden area of ​​​​the small garden, the distance between the Ancient War Tree and Leo widened again, but judging from the subtle changes in the weakening of the sound, the Ancient War Tree did not stop moving, it just moved.

The speed has slowed down a lot. It is obvious that facing the impact of so many ancient war trees, even the unknown existences in the forbidden area cannot withstand this flood-like impact.

Leo quickly estimated his own movement speed and the advancement speed of the Ancient War Tree. He felt that at his current speed, even if there were unknown entities in the forbidden area blocking him, he wanted to leave the small garden before the Ancient War Tree caught up with him.

I'm afraid it's also very difficult.

Thinking of this, Leo quickly adjusted his plan, converting the other chaotic powers in his body one by one into the power of shadow through the power of nightmare, and then used the shadow jump again, completely letting go of his speed and moving forward rapidly.

As the number and time of casting the witchcraft of Shadow Leap increases, Leo's understanding of this witchcraft becomes deeper and deeper, and he also understands more and more about the power of shadow, and the power of shadow consumed in casting the magic also naturally increases.

There are fewer and fewer, and his rejection of the power of shadow is getting weaker and weaker.

The power of shadow is generated from his original bloodline, imitating the power of the bloodline of Witch Su. Because his control over the original bloodline is very low, and he is wary of the powers and marks of various gods, he has no control over the power of shadow.

Power and shadow witchcraft are both very exclusive. Most of the time, they are only used temporarily without any thought of concentrating on studying them.

However, this operation in the small garden allowed him to use shadow witchcraft wholeheartedly for a long time for the first time, and it also made him gradually feel the mystery of shadow witchcraft, or the power of shadow.

In the past, Leo always thought that the power of shadow was a power generated by himself, just like psychic energy, but as his understanding of the use of shadow jump and the power of shadow continued to deepen, he found that in addition to using the power of nightmare to imitate

In addition to the power of shadow that is transformed by his own power, other naturally occurring shadow powers are not conceived by himself at all, but come from an unknown subspace.

This subspace is among all the shadows and overlaps with other spaces. After casting the shadow jump, Leo enters that subspace and moves rapidly through the subspace. The principle is the same as that of a subspace ship.

Since the discovery of the existence of subspace, the exploration of subspace by various advanced civilizations in the universe has never stopped. However, even after tens of millions of years of exploration, no advanced civilization claims to have understood the rules of subspace, or even the universe.

The beings in the Supreme Council who traverse the galaxy also have very little understanding of the subspace.

However, after so many years of research, there will always be some research results, and among these research results, there are only a few that can be proven to be fixed rules of subspace, and among these fixed rules, there are

One rule is that the Warp does not exist alone.

Just like galaxies, nebulae and star fields in the normal universe, there are also many independent subspace fragments in the subspace. The entire subspace is like a sea full of bubbles, and each bubble is an independent

Subspace debris.

Usually these subspace fragments are full of various spatial turbulences and chaotic and disorderly laws of the universe. Even if an omega-level advanced life form enters these subspace fragments and fails to find the correct way to leave, it will probably be very difficult.

It is difficult to escape safely.

It is precisely because of the existence of these independent subspace fragments that the subspace is not lifeless. These subspace fragments, which are relatively safer than subspace, will also breed various life forms, but they are just like subspace.

Just as space itself is full of chaos and disorder, these life forms born in subspace are also disordered and chaotic. Products of order such as civilization cannot naturally be produced in subspace.

Leo found that when he was performing the shadow jump, he was guided by the power of the shadow and slid past the edge of a subspace fragment. He neither entered the subspace nor could he move quickly with the help of the rules of the subspace. Due to the shadow

The power comes from this subspace fragment, so he also gave this unknown space the name of shadow space.

Discovering a new subspace fragment and having a method to enter this subspace fragment was definitely a big deal in the past universe where the Earth Federation was located, and it might even alarm the powerful beings of the Supreme Council of the Universe.

Because every subspace fragment that can be explored and has a fixed entrance is a cosmic strategic material that is related to the level of civilization. It can be said that one of the conditions for a lower-level civilization to advance to a higher civilization is to have an independent subspace fragment.

Although subspace is full of dangers, subspace is also full of wealth. As long as ordinary people can bring back some matter from subspace, they can gain a lot of wealth, and cosmic civilization can be carried out directly from subspace.

Some scientific and technological research that is enough to improve the level of civilization.

However, for Leo, it is of no use to discover a subspace fragment that is so stable and overlaps so closely with the outside space. Although he is curious about the situation in this shadow space, he is also very aware of his own situation.

There is no difference between rashly breaking in and committing suicide, so after giving this subspace a name, he focused his main energy on how to extract more shadow power from this shadow space for his shadow.

Regarding the cost of warping spells.

Leo, who focused on shadow witchcraft and shadow space, inevitably paid less attention to the outside world and focused more on identifying the direction of movement after leaving the shadow. As for how to deal with the war ancient trees behind him and the taboo area

The conflict, whether to catch up, were all temporarily forgotten by him.

After moving like this for nearly ten minutes, Leo, who emerged from the shadows, could already see the edge of the small garden, because he could already see some of the towering buildings of the royal city through the gaps between the surrounding trees.

And just when Leo was about to enter the shadows again, planning to move directly outside the small garden this time, the sound of wind and pressure caused by a giant falling suddenly came from above his head. Leo didn't think much at all and instinctively acted.

He made a dodge action and wanted to re-enter the shadow, but this time he found that the shadow jump failed, as if the surrounding space was blocked by some invisible force.

Fortunately, Leo changed his dodge method in time, and the witchcraft power blessed on his body did not disappear. The whole figure was like a flexible panther, moving quickly between the tree trunks for tens of meters, and just fell down by mistake.

The giant thing came, but the impact caused by the giant thing did not escape the shock wave coming from behind, like swatting a fly, it was swatted away and hit a tree trunk not far away.

The moment he hit the tree trunk, Leo adjusted his body in time and discharged the excess impact force on the tree trunk. When he landed, he turned around and looked at the object that attacked him.

I saw a huge tree trunk not far away sticking straight to the ground. The branches and leaves on the trunk were still clearly visible. Looking up to the top of the trunk, I could see a statue hundreds of meters high with various scars all over its body.

The huge tree man leaned down. Although the tree man had no facial features, Leo felt as if he was being stared at.

The tree giant seemed to realize that his attack did not hit Leo, and immediately raised his huge arm and prepared to hit Leo a second time.

Seeing this, Leo immediately prepared to use Shadow Leap again to avoid the next tree giant attack, but the shadow jump still could not let him enter the shadow, which made him suspect that the tree giant had the ability to block space. For this reason, he had to use regular
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